garden wall question

[darronwall]

at present our house has a 80m privet hedge along the roadside to its front,i want to remove this and build a wall,how high can i go without planning? how high can the pillars be? and how far apart
cheers

[-Pete-]

I believe a boundary fence or wall can be <2m tall without the need for planning permission. Or <6'8" in old money.

[s1962a]

Is it dividing yours and your neighbours garden? If so, a brick wall will be classed as a 'party wall fence' and you'll probably need a party wall agreement for it. Unless you build it solely on your land that is.

ETA: oops didn't read that it was at the front of your house. Ignore the above then!

Edited by s1962a on Tuesday 8th November 22:31

[Chrisgr31]

1 metre if at the front isnt it?

[Slagathore]

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/house

Covers it there.

[herbialfa]

Might also be worth checking with the L. A. if there is a covenant in place meaning you can't erect any sort of wall.

In my neck of the woods there is such a thing and the only boundary treatment you can erect is hedging or post and rail fencing.

I would say however that probably 70 % of properties have brick walls and the council just don't have the cash to enforce the covenant!!

[allgonepetetong]

Chrisgr31 said:

1 metre if at the front isnt it?

Correct. If bordering a highway is the technical term used however.

[98elise]

allgonepetetong said:

Chrisgr31 said:

1 metre if at the front isnt it?

Correct. If bordering a highway is the technical term used however.

That sounds about right. A house near me built a 6 ft wall, about 2 months later they removed the top half. They left the top rough for months so i doubt it was their choice. Eventually they rendered over the wall as the original wall had a full height design in the brick work, and it looked crap with just the bottom half.